diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eac6475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Error {
+    pub message: String,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}", self.message)
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for Error {}
+
+impl Error {
+    // has to be Box<Self> to fit with the result in prelude.rs
+    pub fn new(message: &str) -> Box<Self> {
+        Box::new(Self {
+            message: message.to_string(),
+        })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a8c37a8..33346fe 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ use std::unimplemented;
 
 use clap::{Args, Parser, Subcommand};
 
+mod error;
+mod prelude;
+
+// this * means we are importing everything from the prelude module and in turn we overwrite the default `Result` with our own
+// if you want the original back you can use StdResult<T, E> or just std::result::Result<T, E>
+// using the new result also means the error type is implicitly Box<dyn std::error::Error> (works for any errors that implement the std::error::Error trait)
+use crate::prelude::*;
+
 #[derive(Parser)]
 #[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
 #[command(propagate_version = true)]
@@ -87,7 +95,7 @@ fn get_script_refs(dom:&rbx_dom_weak::WeakDom) -> Vec<rbx_dom_weak::types::Ref>{
     scripts
 }
 
-fn get_id() -> Result<u32, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
+fn get_id() -> Result<u32>{
     match std::fs::read_to_string("id"){
         Ok(id_file)=>Ok(id_file.parse::<u32>()?),
         Err(e) => match e.kind() {
@@ -97,7 +105,7 @@ fn get_id() -> Result<u32, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
     }
 }
 
-fn get_set_from_file(file:&str) -> Result<std::collections::HashSet<String>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
+fn get_set_from_file(file:&str) -> Result<std::collections::HashSet<String>>{
     let mut set=std::collections::HashSet::<String>::new();
     for entry in std::fs::read_dir(file)? {
         set.insert(std::fs::read_to_string(entry?.path())?);
@@ -105,15 +113,15 @@ fn get_set_from_file(file:&str) -> Result<std::collections::HashSet<String>, Box
     Ok(set)
 }
 
-fn get_allowed_set() -> Result<std::collections::HashSet<String>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
+fn get_allowed_set() -> Result<std::collections::HashSet<String>>{
     get_set_from_file("scripts/allowed")
 }
 
-fn get_blocked() -> Result<std::collections::HashSet<String>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
+fn get_blocked() -> Result<std::collections::HashSet<String>>{
     get_set_from_file("scripts/blocked")
 }
 
-fn get_allowed_map() -> Result<std::collections::HashMap::<u32,String>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
+fn get_allowed_map() -> Result<std::collections::HashMap::<u32,String>>{
     let mut allowed_map = std::collections::HashMap::<u32,String>::new();
     for entry in std::fs::read_dir("scripts/allowed")? {
         let entry=entry?;
@@ -122,7 +130,7 @@ fn get_allowed_map() -> Result<std::collections::HashMap::<u32,String>, Box<dyn
     Ok(allowed_map)
 }
 
-fn get_replace_map() -> Result<std::collections::HashMap::<String,u32>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
+fn get_replace_map() -> Result<std::collections::HashMap::<String,u32>>{
     let mut replace = std::collections::HashMap::<String,u32>::new();
     for entry in std::fs::read_dir("scripts/replace")? {
         let entry=entry?;
@@ -135,7 +143,7 @@ fn check_source_illegal_keywords(source:&String)->bool{
     source.find("getfenv").is_some()||source.find("require").is_some()
 }
 
-fn download(map_list: Vec<u64>) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
+fn download(map_list: Vec<u64>) -> Result<()>{
     let header=format!("Cookie: .ROBLOSECURITY={}",std::env::var("RBXCOOKIE")?);
     let shared_args=&[
         "-q",
@@ -158,7 +166,8 @@ enum Scan{
     Blocked,
     Flagged,
 }
-fn scan() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
+
+fn scan() -> Result<()>{
     let mut id = get_id()?;
     //Construct allowed scripts
     let allowed_set = get_allowed_set()?;
@@ -216,7 +225,7 @@ fn scan() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
     std::fs::write("id",id.to_string())?;
     Ok(())
 }
-fn extract(file_id:u64) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
+fn extract(file_id:u64) -> Result<()>{
     let mut id = 0;
     //Construct allowed scripts
     let mut script_set = std::collections::HashSet::<String>::new();
@@ -256,7 +265,7 @@ fn extract(file_id:u64) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
     println!("extracted {} {}",id,if id==1 {"script"}else{"scripts"});
     Ok(())
 }
-fn replace() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
+fn replace() -> Result<()>{
     let allowed_map=get_allowed_map()?;
     let replace_map=get_replace_map()?;
 
@@ -304,7 +313,7 @@ fn replace() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
     }
     Ok(())
 }
-fn upload() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
+fn upload() -> Result<()>{
     //interactive prompt per upload:
     //Creator: [auto fill creator]
     //DisplayName: [auto fill DisplayName]
@@ -339,7 +348,7 @@ enum ScriptActionParseResult {
 struct ParseScriptActionErr;
 impl std::str::FromStr for ScriptActionParseResult {
     type Err=ParseScriptActionErr;
-    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err>{
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> StdResult<Self, Self::Err>{
         if s=="pass\n"||s=="1\n"{
             Ok(Self::Pass)
         }else if s=="block\n"{
@@ -354,7 +363,7 @@ impl std::str::FromStr for ScriptActionParseResult {
     }
 }
 
-fn interactive() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
+fn interactive() -> Result<()>{
     let mut id=get_id()?;
     //Construct allowed scripts
     let mut allowed_set=get_allowed_set()?;
@@ -519,7 +528,7 @@ fn interactive() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let cli = Cli::parse();
     match cli.command {
         Commands::Download(map_list)=>download(map_list.maps),
diff --git a/src/prelude.rs b/src/prelude.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f69da4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/prelude.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+pub use crate::error::Error;
+
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>;
+pub type StdResult<T, E> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
+
+// i just wanted to mess around with macros a bit
+// so heres labelprint as a macro
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! lprint  {
+    ($expr:expr) => {
+        let ___this_file = std::file!();
+        let ___line = std::line!();
+        // let ___column = column!();
+        println!("[{}:{}] {}", ___this_file, ___line, $expr);
+    };
+    ($expr:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => {
+        lprint!(format!($expr, $($arg)*));
+    };
+}